Message from the Chair and Vice Chair:

The David Barsky, M.D. Endowed Chair Professor and Chairman

Vice Dean Research and Graduate Programs
Welcome to the Department of Ophthalmology, Visual and Anatomical Sciences (OVAS)
The Department (merged in 2018) is comprised of basic scientists and clinical faculty, administrative staff, research scientists, postdoctoral fellows, and graduate students involved in research, education, health care and service activities that support the School of Medicine and University.
Research encompasses major areas of Vision and Neurosciences, focusing on the retina, and other areas of the brain and spinal cord; infectious disease of the cornea and retina is also a strong area of research. Investigators employ state of the art cellular and molecular approaches to the understanding of human disease mechanisms. Read full message
Spotlights

Dr. Susmit Suvas has recently been invited to serve as a chartered member of the Pathophysiology of Eye Disease – 2 (PED2) Study Section
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- Berkowitz lab renews NIH grants worth $7.5 million to continue research on two devastating diseases, including Alzheimer’s
- Dr. Suvas laboratory secures third research grant from National Eye Institute
- Body Bequest Program memorial service honors 256 ‘first patients’ who donated bodies to science
- Mizumi Setia’s eye research earns the doctoral student double honors
- Protein deletion could treat age and diabetes-induced diseases found in the eye
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